Collective Blogging - Nobel Prize announcements
Anna Kushnir
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 17:12 UTC
It’s been a long while since our last synchroblogging effort on NN. Methinks it’s time to resurrect the budding tradition. Would there be any interest in focusing the next round of synchronized posts on the upcoming Nobel Prize announcements? The prize in physiology and medicine will be announced on Monday, October 6, physics follows on Oct 7, chemistry on Oct 8, the peace prize on the 10th, and economics on the 13th.
I have a few ideas about potential post topics, though naturally we can deviate from them at will.
1. A scientist, either living or dead, who you think deserves the award,
2. Predictions of winners,
3. Descriptions of how the work of Nobel prize winners affected your own work, any influence the person had on you, so on and so forth.
We can hold the synchro/collective blogging fest the Friday prior to the first Nobel announcement, Oct 3.
Any takers? Any ideas more innovative than my own would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi, I posted a link to this post at FriendFeed and there are a few “likes” already from that quarter.
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Wonderful! Thanks so much for doing that, Maxine. I am still an FF novice – a little shy to post.
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You’re welcome. I like FF but I am not sure they all like me. They are all very sweet on there, so kind and positive. I think the microblogging community are a pretty “hail fellow well met” lot.
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We all love you, Maxine.
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Anna, this is a great idea. I like synchroblogging and there are many interesting topics around this theme. And FriendFeed is a geat place to hang out as science blogger.
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Richard — thanks! Feeling is mutual of course.
Probably (I hope) it is not me personally that is not always “liked” (a FF function); it is more to do with what I am perceived in some people’s minds to represent (some of the less popular aspects of publishers). I get more of that on FF than on NN, but no worries, it’s my job to talk to authors and reviewers and to get their input as to what they think of our journal policies. If some of them do it a bit harshly, that’s OK, I appreciate it isn’t personal (I hope!).
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I’m quite certain it’s not personal – it’s the hat you wear.
I’ve actually become much more tender towards Nature since putting some human faces to this major institution. :-) to the point that I let my imagination run wild as to how_this_ or that paper made it through the editorial firing line.
It has been very enlightening. Publishing is as much a human venture as the science we do on this side of the bench. It didn’t seem so at first.
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It doesn’t have to be “us against them” does it. It’s much nicer to have a glimpse at how both sides work. Makes the whole publishing process seems a little less adversarial, I think.
But back to the Nobels!
Are we a go for blogging on Oct 3?I have something special (and Nobel-related) brewing of my own, and I really hope it pays off. But let’s say that we will have a round of Nobel-themed posts on Oct 3! Sound reasonable? Date ok? All on board? Everyone happy? Anyone need stickers? Pens? Inducements? Ok. Looking forward to the posts!
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I’m in, but I need
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A reminder. Will do.
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